Chapter 31: Starting Again
When she returned to the yard in the afternoon, Xia Xi went excitedly to find Lafite to bring her earrings. Earrings have always been the right and symbol of the nobles of Charlottes. Civilians have no chance or right to drill holes and wear earrings. But now the country of Charlotte is almost gone, who cares?
Grace has always had a noble aura. Xia Xi is usually not very brave to talk to her. Christine always eats Rock "tofu", so Xia Xi and Rafi are the best among the few people. After Rock got her bracelet, Rafi has less hostility to Rock, and of course, she gradually has a trace of friendship with Xia Xi in the same country.
When Rafi saw the earrings that the lady had asked her to pawn appeared in front of her, she showed a complicated expression. But she did not say it out loud, but just put it on Xia Xi seriously. "It may hurt a little, you can hold it back." Rafi said.
"Don't worry." Xia Qian waved her hand and didn't take the pain from the ear hole seriously.
During dinner, the eyes of several people were all on Xia Qian. "How is it, it looks good?" Xia Qian danced happily, revealing the silver bracelet, and showing her new earrings with her hands raised.
"That's my aunt..." Christine stared at her for a long time, finally recognized her and opened her mouth to say.
Grace patted Christine on the head, interrupted what she wanted to say, and commented, "It's really good."
Xia Xi was very proud of being praised by Grace, so she even stuck to Locke next to her and rested her head on the side of Locke's shoulder. When Christine saw it, she immediately refused to accept it and joined the battlefield of Locke, and forgot the facts she wanted to reveal before.
There was one sitting in Locke's arms, leaning against one on his left, and he could only eat with his spare right hand. The two of them, who had to play guest roles from time to time, were really painful and happy.
Grace pretended to inadvertently ask where the earrings came from, and Locke said it was given to him by a second-hand dealer. Grace showed such a look.
After dinner, it was completely dark. Several people went back to their houses. Locke did not go out tonight and entered the room with Xia Xi early. There was no entertainment in this place. Locke's happy time every day was at night, so...hehe.
Grace and others have not slept well these days, because every night there are excited screams and dull collisions coming from the next door. Tonight, Xia Xi tried her best to serve Locke in order to repay Locke's care and consideration. It was a wonderful night.
Two days later, after the Baron held several meetings for several squadron leaders and clarified the mission goals, the troops were about to set sail again. This time, they would arrive at Conor City, where the Corps' headquarters was located within a week. Within half a month, their Second Infantry Regiment would meet with the entire army in front of Entel City.
Entel City is the largest city in Charlotte after the capital of the king. It is said that the light city walls are more than 20 meters high, and the only elite troops stationed by the Charlottes. Why did the Forstan army suffer too little resistance after breaking through the Felmer Grand Canyon, which caused them to be broken into pieces? It was because Charlotte gathered the remaining professional soldiers in the city of Entel, Ellis and the capital of the king, and made the final struggle.
The entire Eagle Legion had 30,000 people, six corpses, including four infantry regiments, one cavalry regiment, and one logistics regiment. So many people were just to attack Entel City, which shows that it was indeed a tough battle. Locke dared not take it lightly.
After occupying the city of Francis, Baron Kaidozi left some soldiers and transport teams and continued to set off. Although they were private troops, they were nominally part of the Eagle Legion. His father-in-law was also the deputy commander of the Eagle Legion, and he had to go to the war this time.
Since they met first, Baron Kaidozi and Baron Kashgar will join forces to join forces.
Locke was still riding a war horse and walking in the middle of the team. Xia Xi, Grace and others were placed in the transportation team behind the team. He was not very relieved to leave Xia Xi in Francis City. After such troops left, there were many cities that had previously occupied, and he didn't want to bet.
As for Grace, um, his property is better to carry with him. Grace is different from Xia Xi. If Xia Xi’s beauty is acceptable, Grace’s nobility and stunning will definitely cause noise. In order not to cause unnecessary trouble, Grace and others consciously put on the veil. The people in the transportation team also knew that this was Locke’s woman, and they all took care of it, but sometimes they would complain, "The other squadron leader has at most two women, so this guy is fine, four at once, and there are children!"
When the news reached the ears of other squadron leaders, they just laughed and scolded, "It's better to be young."
There was no danger during the march. Now, there were almost no resistance in the territory of Charles Road except for places like Frans, which had strong cities to defend. There were only some bandits. The bandits could only bully Charles themselves. Facing Foster's regular army, they did not dare to show their heads.
"Why are there no bad guys?" Christine asked her aunt Grace. The way they came from the capital to Francis was not so peaceful. They could not move forward without the family guards.
"Because the wolf can only bully the sheep, he will run away when he meets the lion." Grace said.
Christine nodded as if she understood.
This time, Locke brought the second dealer Kebi and sent him to the logistics department to do odd jobs with Xia Qian's brother. Kebi is a talented person and can recognize many precious items. He is the one who seized many of the things that Locke's squadron along the way.
He also has good connections. Before joining the Corps headquarters, their team will pass through several small towns and two small towns. They are all small towns with little resistance. According to the two barons, they will crush them directly. The two barons in the Battle of Francis City were full of oil and they no longer looked down on those little things.
The Baron looked down on him, but Locke and the squadron leader were not. Locke had already discussed with Uncle Yoshak in private to work together.
This guy, Kebi, was a personal genius. Without Locke's request, he stood up and expressed his willingness to take them to copy the home he had traveled with in the past.
In the war-torn era, smugglers and second-door dealers were indeed a group of very comfortable living guys. According to him, there were several gangs in those towns, which were about the same size as his former troops.
Locke promised Kebby that as long as the copying of 100 gold coins, he would let him go. 100 gold coins were enough to exchange for Jindler for about 50. This was not a small amount of money.
Locke's 200 silver derr, of which 50 silver derr, asked the caravan to send it back to his hometown. Although there were only parents and sisters at home, it probably wouldn't be enough to use that much money, sending money home is the habit of every soldier who goes out to fight.
The remaining money was handed over to Xia Xi. Xia Xi had managed the tavern before and had a good mind. She planned to participate in a group in the transportation team in the name of Locke. The 150 Silver Derrell was not worth mentioning in the eyes of several caravan managers, but since she was a squadron leader, she would give her face no matter how little money was.
This is Xia Xi's shrewdness. With this trick, Locke will earn dozens or even hundreds of Silver Derrells after each war. It will also increase its value.
Along the way, they passed two small towns and three small towns. In order to arrive and meet on time, Baron Kaidozi and Baron Kashgar chose to take the lead in crushing the city. Several towns were broken without any resistance.
However, although they were broken, they did not enter the city and searched carefully. They only dispersed Charlotte's resistance and opened up a path for the subsequent transportation team and other troops.
This gave Locke an opportunity to take advantage of it. At this time, Locke and Uncle Yoshak each brought fifty people to collect a small town. Although it was just an ordinary town, there were about a few hundred people in the town, which was enough for Locke and his friends to eat.
Not only Locke and the others took action, but several squadron leaders of other squadrons could not bear the loneliness and each led people to knock on a small town. Baron Kaidozi just turned a blind eye to this. The Baron knew very well that an excellent leader should learn to delegate power and be considerate of his subordinates.
Although what the squadron leader does may affect his combat plan, the result is good. Of course, if something happens, you still have to take the blame. Clear rewards and punishments are the way to establish the army.
Later, even the Baron Kashgar's troops could not bear it anymore, and several squadron leaders cleared the last town.
Lock and his friends had more than 100 people. It was enough to eat a town, and they had to leave anything else to others, otherwise they would be jealous. This was what Uncle Yoshak taught him.
As for why you don’t choose a city, unless they have to take considerable risks, it is impossible to take down a city with high walls, even if the formal power has been broken up by them.
Chapter completed!